I feel that if I were to pick one night that would sum up with my time in Paris is usually like, it would be this one ( Read more... )

Oh, horrors of horrors, the day I had dreaded showed up.  I had to do laundry.  Fortunately, a very nice Canadian friend let me use her machine so I didn't have to do it in a laundromat (I'm paying back the favor in wine!)  The verdict on washing machines in Paris (and most of Europe, I hear) seems to be that they're all small and take about two ( Read more... )

Several people have now questioned me as to how, in France, where EVERYTHING tastes better, I could miss American coffee?  The answer: if you want to purchase coffee in any given French place, you have two options.  (1) An espresso for 2.50 euros or (2) a cafe au lait, or coffee with milk, for 4 euros.  If you are accustomed to taking a nice big ( Read more... )

Today after lunch, most people had to go home and do all of the homework before their finals tomorrow.  But I don't have any finals so instead Christine and I went to the Cimetiere du Pere Lachaise.  Famous people buried here include: Marcel Proust, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, Jim Morrison, Honore de Balzac, Frederic Chopin, and Moliere.

Now, the ( Read more... )

Awful news.  Finalizing my schedule with my adviser, and she told me that NYU was forcing me to take a language class, which isn't so bad.  The bad, bad news is, I have to drop one of my other classes!!  I must choose between New Currents in French Literature and Contemporary French Theater.  I'm wretched!

Well, I'm letting you decide.  VOTE!  Which ( Read more... )

So, if I forgot to tell you, I've gotten an internship for the semester at cafeabroad.com.  If you're studying abroad, it's a swifty little website where you can go there to find out what is awesome and is going on in your abroad city!  Also, I'll be writing things down there, so if you can't get enough of my convoluted diction then it's the place ( Read more... )

Attica!  Attica ( Read more... )

So maybe the best part about Paris is how you stumble across the most incredible places absolutely by accident.  Just a few days ago, I went with some friends to cash travelers checks, after which we stopped for lunch at a cheap cafe (and for a browse of the January sales at Dolce and Gabbana.  Incidentally, even a 50-70% sale is still too much for ( Read more... )

DEAR EVERYONE ( Read more... )

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